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Ratemiidae

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Ratemiidae is a family of lice within Anoplura (sucking lice)[1] that is a parasite of Perissodactyla (horses and other odd toed ungulates).[2] Ratemiidae is capable of transferring diseases such as typhus to their hosts. These lice are found primarily in China.[3]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Clade:Pancrustacea
Class:Insecta
Order:Psocodea
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Ratemiidae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Psocodea
Suborder: Troctomorpha
Infraorder: Phthiraptera
Parvorder: Anoplura
Family: Ratemiidae
Kim & Ludwig, 1978
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Ecology and evolution

Ratemiidae are a family of lice (Psocodea) within the super-family Anoplura, which entails the sucking lice.[4] These lice have one genus (Ratemia) that consist of two species both of which are obligate parasites of horses.[2]

Distribution

Ratemiidae is endemic to the Xinjiang province of China.[3]

Diseases transmission

Ratemiidae are capable of transferring the bacteria that causes typhus to their host.[1] This is done when a louse pierces the skin of its host and begins to suction out blood, in the process the louse's saliva is injected, along with the bacteria, into the host.[1]

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